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Farm country has beef with Trump as midterms approach

President Trump's attempts to bring beef prices down has potentially backfired politically in several key states.

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Trump administration divided over housing orderThe White House has grappled with how to address the cost of living ahead of the midterms.

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Former US House Speaker McCarthy on the MidtermsFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy discusses the upcoming US midterm elections and the races that will determine control of Congress. He speaks exclusively to Bloomberg on the sidelines of the Barclays Asia Forum in Singapore. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Trump administration announces hundreds of millions in federal funding for Alaska as election nearsPresident Donald Trump has cut and frozen federal grants that Alaskans rely on. Now, his administration is changing its approach.

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Trump Promised To Visit Battleground Districts But Finds Himself In South Carolina InsteadLess than two weeks from the midterms, the president is shoring up his handpicked candidate in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat statewide in two decades.

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Midterm election live updates: Michigan Republican candidate breaks with Trump’s economic vision in Senate debatePresident Donald Trump directly tied the waiving of Russia-related sanctions to the release of an American detained in Russia, despite stating earlier that

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